SECTION Macrouris Schlecter 1913
TYPE: = Bulbophyllum glacum Schlechter 1913
Synonyms Sect. Hedyothyrsus Schlechter 1912; Sect. Ischnopus Schlechter 1913;
Characterized by the elongated sympodia which are seldom erect, sometimes creeping and often loosely pendent, The rhizome is always slender with distinct pseudobulbs and have delicate inflorescence are mostly multi-flowered but there is a single flowered species. The delicate flowers are white to whitish, often with a yellowish to reddish lip which are always simple in shape, The seplas are tailed and the collkumn is very much shortened with short stelida and a long, narrow foot.
References Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993
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